Comment: Looking east. Nathaniel Miller, Jr. (1815-1896) in front of his trout pond, residence in the background, on tin plate. Between the pond and the house is Fire Place Neck Road. The farm barns are to the right (south).

Comment: From Fireplace Neck Rd., looking southeast. Oldest portion of house is to the right.

Comment: Looking north. Fireplace Neck Rd. is to the right. This would have been the original front of the house.

Comment: From Fireplace Neck Rd., looking northeast.

Comment: From "Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven Collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959."

Shows the original "front" south section of the house before the porch was added.

Comment: While of not particular good quality, this picture shows the original "front" of the house before the porch was added. It is also interesting to note that at this time the house appears to have been painted white -- although this could be just a trick of the poor quality post card.

Comment: This is the side of the Miller House facing Fire Place Neck Road.

On back:
"Ellen Berrien Tibbs - Hurley
"Picture taken by Lily Hubert
"I am standing at the front gate
"of the Nathaniel Miller Place
"Brookhaven, Long Island"

 Photograph provided by Edna Valentine Bruce

Comment: Painting of the Miller House.

Label on back reads:
Painted by Alice Boughton of George Miller House, given to E. Puc by Susan Boughton, 11 February 1952.

The painting is probably dated about 1930-1940 based on the white color of the structure.

The verso of the painting seems to give the artist's name as "Boupleton." No "Boupleton" could be found in any U.S. census listing, nor in web searches. While the name appears clear on the label, it was concluded that it was being misread. There was a well known photographer, Alice Boughton, living with Ida C. Haskell on Beaver Dam Road in 1930. She was a 64 year old photographer with her own studio. While primarily known as a photographer, she was known to have done some painting. It seems likely that this is the artist. Another painting by Alice Boughton may be found at the Brookhaven Free Library, and appears to be of her residence in Brookhaven.

Comment: .. By artist Melita Blume. Image cropped.

Comment: This door is on the south face of the original house. It is believed to be the original door.

Comment: This would have been the entranceway when the post office was housed in the building. The old post office safe was found in a closet under the stairway to the right.

Comment: These 3x5 windows are believed to be original to the stucture. This window is on the first floor of the south face (now inside the porch).

Comment: The original post office safe appears to have been installed in a closet beneath the front stairs, and was likely felt to be too difficult to move when the post office was relocated elsewhere.

Comment: This fire place is believed to be original to the structure, and is located in the south parlor, to the right of the original front door, and in the oldest part of the reidence.

Comment: Looking north on Fire Place Neck Road. The Miller house is to the right, just beyond the curve in the road.

Comment: Looking south on Fire Place Neck Rd. These barns were originally on the west side of Fire Place Neck Rd. The Miller house was to the left

Comment: Looking south on Fire Place Neck Road. These barns were originally on the west side of Fire Place Neck Rd., but have been torn down. The Miller house was to the left.

From "Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959."

Comment:

This interesting painting of the Miller's barn is by Raymond Perry.  It is dated 1939. The damage to the barn may have been caused by the hurricane of Sept 21, 1938, George Miller was still active in farming until he died in 1948. 

Raymond Perry was a well know illustrator and art editor, whose country cottage (Historic Site ID Br05B) was a short distance from the Miller Farm.  He did several pen and ink drawings of local scenes, including the original Brookhaven Free Library (Historic Site ID Br27) and the old wooden Smith Point Bridge.  Paintings by him are relatively rare.  This is the only known painting of a Brookhaven scene.

Comment: From "Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959."

The caption reads: "Nathaniel Miller's Oxen drinking at the brook"

Comment: From "Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959."

Comment: From "Miller Family Photographs." In front, Ellen (Carman) Miller, Nathaniel Miller. In back, son Nathaniel Clinton Miller. While the photograph identifies the man at the back as Nathaniel Clinton, I think it more likely that the individual is George, who was living in his parents household. N. Clinton was married and had his own household. (I would like to verify.)

Comment: From "Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959."